How can industrial insiders and social researchers
make a difference in leading research and
development processes in sophisticated technological
and scientific settings, where the integration of
tools and technologies in human and organizational
practice is of utmost importance? The role of a
company internal social researcher is fleshed out in
three rich empirical cases from the oil and gas
industry where the development of new
collaborative practices enabled by emerging
information and communication technologies is the
key issue addressed. A general framework for
insider social research in Technoscience that
integrates human, organizational and technological
capabilities is fleshed out to help practitioners in
similar situations. This book is written for social
researchers and others who are leading development
work within science and technology dominated
settings. It should also be of interest to
engineers, IT professionals, economists or any other
group that wants to understand and address the
dynamics of human, organisational and information
technology development processes.

Autorentext

Vidar Hepsø has a PhD in anthropology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and is Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian School of Management (BI) in Oslo. As Principal Researcher/project manager with Statoil R&D he has 20 years experience with integrating human, organizational and technological capabilities.

Klappentext

How can industrial insiders and social researchers make a difference in leading research and development processes in sophisticated technological and scientific settings, where the integration of tools and technologies in human and organizational practice is of utmost importance? The role of a company internal social researcher is fleshed out in three rich empirical cases from the oil and gas industry where the development of new collaborative practices enabled by emerging information and communication technologies is the key issue addressed. A general framework for insider social research in Technoscience that integrates human, organizational and technological capabilities is fleshed out to help practitioners in similar situations. This book is written for social researchers and others who are leading development work within science and technology dominated settings. It should also be of interest to engineers, IT professionals, economists or any other group that wants to understand and address the dynamics of human, organisational and information technology development processes.